History Quote by Max Hastings

“You cannot prevent a war by starting a war.”

— Carroll Bryant

“War is inevitable when the world is fallen. If you stop one, another will start. Redemption is the only path away from war.”

— Jane Smiley

“It is harder to end a war, than begin one.”

— Barack Obama

“What really causes wars is two sides that can’t stand the sight of one another and the pressure builds up and up and then…

— Terry Pratchett

“It is easier to start a war than to end it.”

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Wars today seem to occur at a more precise point in time but deep down they are permanent.”

— Bernardo Carvalho

“a nation is totally geared to the waging of war, it had better ensure that war keeps occurring somewhere; and”

— James A. Michener

“We must realize that war is universal and strife is justice, and that all things come into the world and pass away through strife.”

— Heraclitus

“Most of the miseries of the world were caused by wars. And, when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were…

— John Limon

“War isn't about making history war is about breaking the present.”

— Christoforos Darbinian

“No one can keep out of conflict, the entire world is at war, and even though the allies are doing better, the end is…

— Anne Frank

“It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect…

— John Jay